naughton@wind.Eng.Sun.COM (Patrick Naughton) (02/27/91)
I put xgrasp.tar.Z in expo.lcs.mit.edu:/contrib... Here is the README.
This program tries to recreate the functionality provided by the PC
program GRASPRT.EXE. It plays animation files which usually have the
extension .GL. This file format is partially described by the
documents found in the file "docs". It has many missing features, but
it is complete enough to view a large percentage of the GL files that I
have seen.
Some of the problems are outlined below...
Doesn't work with BLOAD/BSAVE images, or .SET fonts.
Doesn't do transparencies.
Doesn't load 2 bit images.
Doesn't have a default font for gls that dont load their own.
Doesn't have a default colormap for each "video" mode.
It is not clear where the origin of the coordinate system is... from
examples, I have assumed it is in the lower left corner increasing up
and right as in PostScript... this make most of my test cases work,
but there are still the odd few which make it seem like it should be in
the upper left as in X11. So until this gets resolved, don't be
surprised to see images getting animated off the edge of the window.
I have created a mailing list for discussion about this software...
xgrasp@wind.eng.sun.com, if you wish to be added to this list please
send mail to xgrasp-request@wind.eng.sun.com.
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Patrick J. Naughton email: naughton@sun.com
Sun Laboratories voice: (415) 336 - 1080alex@micro-ix.UUCP (Alex Romanof) (02/28/91)
I nave tested : ATI Wonder Plus, Video 7 VRAM, Paradise VGA1024. No one of them does not work in 1024x768 mode. Former 2 work wtih 800x600 but with some problems. Does anybody have any experience running X under SVR4 in high resolution modes. Any help will be appreciated. A.Romanov Micro/ix